US EditionICC Convicts Militia Leader in First Darfur War Crimes Verdict
Ali Kushayb was found guilty of 27 counts including murder and rape in Darfur, where 300,000 died and 2.5 million were displaced during the conflict, the ICC said.
- On Monday, the International Criminal Court convicted Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman, also known as Ali Kushayb, of 27 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity linked to Darfur atrocities from 2003-2004.
- The United Nations Security Council referred the Darfur situation to the ICC in 2005, following the 2003 uprising by non-Arab rebels and the government-backed Janjaweed militia campaign.
- Presiding Judge Joanna Korner said `He encouraged and gave instructions that resulted in the killings, the rapes and destruction committed by the Janjaweed`, based on witness testimony describing atrocities .
- ICC prosecutors aim to issue fresh arrest warrants, while he will be sentenced at a later date; Jamal Abdallah said `As victims, the ruling is a victory for us and for justice, because the crimes he committed had huge impacts for the last 22 years. We were displaced, made refugees in camps.`
- Renewed fighting since April 2023 has intensified the crisis, with more than 24 million facing acute food insecurity and more than 12 million displaced, according to World Food Program and U.N. figures.
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A landmark conviction for war crimes in Sudan shows the wheels of global justice do turn – albeit slowly
Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman during his trial in 2023. Koen Van Weel/ANP/AFP via Getty ImagesDespite the International Criminal Court (ICC) being under immense pressure right now, its first conviction for crimes in Darfur, and the first for gender-based persecution as a crime against humanity, is a major win. On October 6, a senior leader of the Sudanese pro-government militia known as the Janjaweed, Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman, was found g…
ICC convicts ex-militia leader of Darfur war crimes
The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Oct. 6 convicted former Sudanese militia chief Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-al-Rahman, better known as “Ali Kushayb,” on 27 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity for his role in massacres and other atrocities in Darfur region in 2003 and 2004. Guilty verdicts included for the war crimes of torture, murder and rape, as well as multiple crimes against humanity, including forcible population transfers. T…
JOHANNESBURG. For the first time, the International Criminal Court has convicted a person for crimes committed in Sudan – during the war in Darfur more than 20 years ago. The verdict comes painfully late for relatives and survivors, but is an important signal to the warring parties in the war that is now raging in the same area.
For war crimes in Darfur more than 20 years ago, a militia leader in The Hague is found guilty for the first time. The prosecution hopes for a deterrent effect. However, there are doubts about this.
Sudan militia leader convicted of historic war crimes
A Sudanese militia leader was found guilty of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity in the Darfur region 20 years ago, in a conflict that became a prelude to the country’s present-day disaster. Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman was a leader of the Janjaweed militia, which killed hundreds of thousands of members of Darfur’s non-Arab population in the early 2000s, sparking one of the world’s gravest and most enduring humanitarian crises. …
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